Java Desktop Integration: open a file with a custom application

Question

how can I open a file from within a java program with a custom application?

Desktop.getDesktop().open(file);

opens the file only with the systems default application. What I need is something like

open(myapp, file);

GETah · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-21 20:23:44Z

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If the target application accepts files to open as arguments, then you could do the following:

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc = rt.exec("CustomApp "+filename);

answered Dec 21, 2011 at 20:23

GETah

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2 Comments

seems to be working, but I get the error cannot run program: ... error 13 permission denied

@EikeCochu Glad it worked. Make sure you have the proper rights to run the application.